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Thriller Novel ‘Library of the Dead’ Headed for Small Screen Adaptation
The latest novel(s) to make the leap to the small screen, Variety reports, is Glenn Cooper’s Library of the Dead trilogy, which Lucisano Media Group and Federation Entertainment have signed a deal to co-develop and co-produce into a “high-end TV series.”
“The Library of the Dead trilogy features a New York-based FBI agent named Will Piper and involves a library situated under an ancient monastery where deadly secrets are concealed. Cooper’s books have been translated into 31 languages and sold over 6 million copies worldwide, and are particularly popular in Italy.”
Variety adds that “two prominent Italian screenwriters are writing a first series adaptation, which will be shopped around internationally with hopes of getting the show financed and greenlit next year.”
Based on the 2023 prep school thriller novel by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis, creator Ryan Murphy’s “The Shards” is headed to FX and Hulu this Summer.
Look for “The Shards” to premiere on FX and Hulu on August 5 at 6 p.m. PT.
In the meantime, check out the brand new official poster below.
Igby Rigney (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Homer Gere (“The Agency”), Graham Campbell, Kaia Gerber (Shell), Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”), Igby Rigney, Wes Bentley, and Hayes Warner star in the upcoming series “The Shards.”
Set in 1981 Los Angeles, the semi-autobiographical, dark coming-of-age tale follows a 17-year-old Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending the character’s world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.
In the series, Igby Rigney will portray Ellis, and Graham Campbell will play Thom. Homer Gere, son of actor Richard Gere, has been cast as Robert Mallory. Frequent Murphy collaborator Max Winkler (“American Horror Story,“ “Grotesquerie”) is attached to direct.
The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television.
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